As he talked, he placed two more pieces of fish in her bowl.
Sonia hurriedly covered her mouth and exclaimed, “Enough; that’s enough. I can do it myself. You should have some to eat and not just watch me.”
“Are you now concerned for me?” Toby said as he leaned closer toward her.
She rolled her eyes as she placed her chopsticks aside and pushed his face away. “Just concentrate on your meal, please.”
The unfolding scene in front of them had made the CEOs laugh out loud.
“My, you two are certainly close. You two are so affectionate toward each other even while eating.”
As he straightened his posture, Toby replied, “We’re alright.”
Although Toby spoke in a flat tone, he didn’t even try to suppress the smugness within him.
A speechless Sonia looked at him as her mouth twitched. Pffi, who's close with him? Who is being affectionate with who now? What a thick-skinned man.
It was already dark outside when the dinner was concluded.
Since Tom was leading the CEOs out, Toby and Sonia walked at the back.
When they arrived at the front door of the hotel, she ran outside in joy while clutching her bag when she suddenly saw something.
Upon seeing this, Toby chased after her. “What’s the matter?”
He then stopped next to her.
As she stood on the steps of the hotel entrance, she looked up and smiled. “It’s snowing!”
Hearing her say those words made Toby raise his eyebrow.
Of course he already knew that it was snowing. After all, when they walked out of the elevator, he had already noticed the snow.
Yet, for him, snowing was like raining —it was just a natural weather phenomena and nothing to be exhilarated about, but he didn’t think that she would have such a reaction to the snow.
“I thought something happened.” He couldn’t help but laugh as he facepalmed. “Isn’t it just snow? Why are you so happy about it?”
Then, Sonia reached out to catch a snowflake. However, it quickly melted as a result of the warmth of her hands, leaving behind only a droplet of water.
As she retracted her hands, she looked at the flurry of snow outside and explained, “Of course I’m happy. Just look at how beautiful it is! Plus, Seafield hasn’t snowed in a couple of years, yet, it finally snowed this year. With this amount of snow, I'm afraid the ground will be full of it by tomorrow.”
After she said those words, she wanted to catch more snowflakes.
However, Toby stopped her this time.
He grabbed her hands and coaxed, “Don’t go off. Isn’t it cold for you?
Look at you—your face and hands are so cold that it’s red.”
As they spoke, cold mist came out of their mouths.
“It’s not cold. Being flushed in this weather is normal.” Sonia shook her head in response and wanted to pull her hand back. “Just let me play for a while. I haven’t seen snow in such a long time.”
“No can do.” Toby still refused to agree and insisted with a stern face, “What if you have frostbite by accident? If you want to look at the snow, you can look at it when you’re back home. Alright, I’ll send you home now.”
While pulling her hand, he led her into the hotel to get an umbrella. Then, they exited and boarded the car that was parked at the side of the road.
On the way, Sonia continued to look at the snow outside while propping her face up with her hands.
Toby couldn’t help but say, “Is snow really that interesting for you?” “Yes, it is.” Sonia nodded with a beautiful smile on her face. “Since my mom was born on a snowy day, she especially likes snow and thanks to her influence, I've learned to fancy snow too. So, whenever I'm able to see snow, I get really happy. Oh, right, speaking of which, it’s almost my mom’s birthday. I haven’t paid my respects to her in a long time.”
“When the time comes, I’ll go with you,” Toby suggested as he was driving.
While turning her head in surprise, she asked, “You what?”
He nodded. “Maybe we’ll be together by then, who knows? So, me accompanying you would only be natural.”
As Sonia smirked, she mocked, “Who says that we’ll be back together by then? "
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